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bad conscience

NOUN

shame

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confusion contempt guilt humiliation irritation remorse scandal stigma

STRONG

abashment blot chagrin compunction contrition degradation derision discomposure discredit disesteem dishonor disrepute ignominy infamy mortification obloquy odium opprobrium pang reproach self-disgust self-reproach self-reproof shamefacedness smear stupefaction treachery

WEAK

ill repute loss of face pudency skeleton in the cupboard

Antonyms

STRONG

approval esteem honor meanness praise respect

WEAK

pride

Example Sentences

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There is nothing new about the bad conscience or self-destructive urge that Baudrillard identified within Western civilization, or about its deeply rooted conflict between incompatible tendencies we might call liberation and domination.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

Did he himself have a bad conscience as a father?

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2020

Prisons are the bad conscience of the liberal imagination, a truth that tends to be most obvious to their most interested observers.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 22, 2016

Describing an abrasive personality of long ago, he offers: "He followed me around like a bad conscience."

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2014

Now I was tempted to tell my father that Jack Rose was probably using his money to salve a bad conscience.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

bad conscience

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